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Prices (Posthumus)

This data base contains prices taken from the tables of absolute prices contained in volume 1 of N. W. Posthumus's Nederlandsche Prijsgeschiedenis (Leiden, 1943). For a detailed explanation of the sources of this data, see his Introduction, pp. XVIII-LXXIX. Posthumus took most of the quotations from published listings of the Amsterdam commodity exchange. The listings appeared irregularly from 1585 to 1609, weekly from 1609 to 1796, and twice a week from 1796 to 1813. Of the approximately 12,000 price currents that were issued between 1585 and 1813, Posthumus was able to find 3,033, or about one-fourth. There are, moreover, large gaps among these. Only 138 years are represented, so that numerous years are lacking, particularly before 1624, and between the years 1654-64, 1694-1701,1710-18, and 1722-28.

Posthumus also supplemented the information drawn from the price currents with data contained in other, more specialized price lists, from various printed periodicals and newspapers, from miscellaneous documents published by other historians, and from archival sources. All quotations before 1585 come from such sources. If Posthumus gave the specific source of the price, the information has been included in the on-screen note of MEMDB ("BLARO" refers to Brokers' Lists from the Amsterdam Record Office; for other abbreviations, see Posthumus).

Posthumus listed only monthly quotations, chosen from the list that appeared on the 15th day of each month, or as close as possible to this date. The quotations are given with the relevant weight or measure, and Posthumus indicated when the unit of measure changed, in some cases switching to a new series when one unit of measure replaced another. The prices were actually quoted in guilders, stuivers, and penningen(1 gulden = 20 stuivers = 320 penningen); or sometimes in Flemish pounds, shillings and pennies (1 pond = 20 schellingen = 240 groten); or, for grain prices, in "goudguldens" of 28 stuivers. Quotations in bank money ('banco'; currency of the Amsterdam Wisselbank) begin as early as 1634 and enter general use in 1683.

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Month / Year: 1743
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1743 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 30.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Leyden Ermine Serges, 1 Seal Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 1 Lood piece 19.80 Guilders
4 / 1743 Leyden Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 12 3/4 Pounds Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 12 3/4 Pond piece 21.30 Guilders
4 / 1743 Leyden Fustians, Double Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Dubbele Leeuwen piece 16.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Leyden Naturel Serges, 4 Seals Leidsche Naturel Saaien, 4 Looden piece 26.40 Guilders
4 / 1743 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 21.60 Guilders
4 / 1743 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 37.00 Guilders 64
4 / 1743 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.29 Guilders 89
4 / 1743 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 2.75 Guilders
4 / 1743 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 11.75 Guilders 71
4 / 1743 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 39.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Mace Foelie pound 6.34 Guilders 86
4 / 1743 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 78
4 / 1743 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 2.00 Guilders 58
4 / 1743 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 8.40 Guilders 14
4 / 1743 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 9.15 Guilders
4 / 1743 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.56 Guilders 59
4 / 1743 Molina wool Molina wol pound 1.28 Banco
4 / 1743 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 118.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 330 pounds 31.00 Guilders 81
4 / 1743 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.11 Guilders
4 / 1743 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Opium Opium pound 7.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 21.60 Guilders
4 / 1743 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 52.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 39.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 43.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 91.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.34 Guilders
4 / 1743 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 42.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 6.38 Guilders
4 / 1743 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 5.38 Guilders
4 / 1743 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 48.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 22.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 23
4 / 1743 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 240.00 Guilders 39
4 / 1743 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.43 Guilders
4 / 1743 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.60 Guilders
4 / 1743 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 37.00 Guilders 9
4 / 1743 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.29 Guilders
4 / 1743 Soda Soda 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders 95
4 / 1743 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.41 Guilders
4 / 1743 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.60 Banco
4 / 1743 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders 5
4 / 1743 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Spotted and white Polish wheat Bonte en witte Poolsche tarwe last 149.80 Guilders
4 / 1743 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 8.88 Guilders